To The Party Born

Talk story about Jack Ford. ... In '68, I was at the Convention in Miami, where Richard Nixon was nominated. I was a staff assistant... My task was to keep John Wayne behind stage, out of sight, until they were ready to bring him out. He was very impatient, striding up and down, looking, well, very John Wayne. You know, ten feet tall? He kept asking me, 'Isn't it time? Isn't it time yet?' I had to keep him out of sight while the Nixon people were negotiating with the Reagan people.